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Is Kratom Detox Dangerous?

By Jcoury
April 16, 2021
Addiction, Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Drugs, Recovery, Rehab Centers, Residential Treatment
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Is Kratom Detox Dangerous? With the increase of drugs and supplements that have become more widely available, substances such as kratom raise various questions. How addictive is kratom, and what are the side effects of regular use? What are the symptoms of withdrawing from kratom, and is detoxing from kratom…

What’s It Like to Be A Heroin Addict?

By Jcoury
February 22, 2021
Addiction, Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Drugs, Dual Diagnosis
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What’s It Like to Be A Heroin Addict? The world of drugs cunningly lures you in and introduces you to pleasurable highs unparalleled elsewhere in life. Before long, everything else pales in comparison to the high that heroin has to offer. After the first dose, you will want another, and…

The Risk of Mixing Alcohol and Prescription Drugs

The Risk of Mixing Alcohol and Prescription Drugs Mixing alcohol and prescription medications is a dangerous practice that can result in life-threatening risks. Some people may mix medication and alcohol to experience a greater high, increase the effects of the medication, or are simply unaware of the dangers. Whatever the…

Most Addictive Prescription Medications

By Jcoury
July 3, 2018
Addiction, Drugs
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What Are The Most Addictive Prescription Medications? This article contains information about commonly prescribed yet potentially addictive medications. Below are some of the most common prescription drug addictions: When patients have been prescribed medication for pain management following a surgery, an injury, or an illness, they are often unaware of…

Understanding Opioids

By Jcoury
April 27, 2018
Drugs
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Understanding Opioids According to recently released numbers by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, 64,000 Americans died in 2016 due to drug overdoses, with the sharpest increase occurring among deaths related to opioids. The opioid epidemic is now declared a public health emergency in the United States, with the…

PTSD and Drug Addiction

By Jcoury
March 7, 2013
Drugs
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Simultaneous PTSD and drug addiction is a substantial problem among women. PTSD and drug addiction, according to an emerging body of research, have been documented to have a very strong association with one another. In many cases, substance use begins after the exposure to trauma and the development of PTSD,…

Drug Abuse and PTSD

By Jcoury
March 7, 2013
Drugs
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Drug abuse and PTSD, both life-altering afflictions, compound the seriousness of each other’s symptoms when they affect a person simultaneously. WHAT IS PTSD? Post-traumatic stress disorder, commonly known as PTSD, is a condition characterized by the residual effects of emotionally and mentally scarring experiences. After surviving a traumatic event, some…

Orange County Drug Rehab

By Jcoury
March 7, 2013
Drugs
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ORANGE COUNTY DRUG REHAB: THE BEST PLACE TO HEAL Addiction is a painful and deadly disease. Whether it kills quickly or slowly, the toll it can take on a life is not to be underestimated. Though drastic physical consequences of drug abuse may not be apparent initially, the internal effects…

Southern California Drug Rehab

By Jcoury
March 7, 2013
Drugs
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: DRUG REHAB CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Are you or is someone you know suffering from the grips of drug addiction? In the past few decades, there have been many changes in the field of drug rehab programs and addiction and alcoholism treatment. Innovations in neurosciences and cognitive and…

Drug Rehab For Women

By Jcoury
March 7, 2013
Drugs
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ADDICTION: THE GREAT EQUALIZER Drug addiction is a chronic disease that, if untreated, destroys the lives of those it affects. The disease of addiction pays no mind to gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or any other outside identifier – it affects people from every walk of life. Despite the fact that…